Post harvest management on capsicum
It is two weeks since farmer Grace started harvesting her capsicum crop. She is doing it twice a week. She already had a ready market for her fruits, selling to…
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Tasseling in Maize farming, a sign of good things to come
Farmer Moses’ maize crops are currently at tasseling stage, a sign of good things to come in the next few months. Tasseling is one of the critical stages in maize…
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Succeeding on arrowroot farming on swampy land
Dressed in a black overcoat, Kenneth Mutwiri digs the soil around an arrowroot plant using a machete to loosen it. He then uproots the plant, revealing a tuber weighing about…
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Organic farming beats conventional method, new finding shows
Lydia Karegi, a smallholder farmer in Kiereni village in Chuka, tried a number of farming practices in an effort to get better harvests but her yields kept dwindling year after…
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Signs to warn you an agribusiness idea could just be a passing fad
Over a year ago, Antony Mutuku heard about pepino melon, a wonder fruit that has taken farmers across the country by storm. Having seen his friend farm it and get…
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Reaping from the favourable climatic conditions on Pixie Farming in Machakos
Located some 10km off Machakos-Wote Road is Nziu, a dry village surrounded by hills. The village experiences moderate temperatures that make mangoes, oranges, pixies, pawpaws and tomatoes thrive. Agnes Mbithe…
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More dry spell losses as mealybugs run riot
Farmers in different parts of the country are grappling with an outbreak of mealybugs, an insect that is attacking various kinds of crops, including fodder. The soft-bodied wingless insects that…
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Farm machines changing farmers fortunes in Kenya
A thrumming decorticator welcomes visitors to Kyumani, a sleepy neighbourhood in Masongaleni, one of the driest regions in Makueni County. The last two decades have seen the rural farming community…
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Kenya launches digital strategy to improve sales of avocados and bananas
The Fresh Produce Consortium of Kenya and donor aid agencies have launched a digital communication strategy to increase the export capacity of Kenyan-grown avocados and bananas. FPCK is Kenya’s leading…
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